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' Li. G. TURNER.

SHADE PULL;

Patented Apr. 8, 1884..

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L. G. TURNER.

SHADE PULL. No. 296,713; Patented Apr. 8,1884.

llniTnn STATES PATENT @rricn.

LUTHER G. TURNER, OF TORR-INGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TURNER c SEYMOUR MANUFACTURING GOMPAXY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHADE-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,713, dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed February 26, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER G. TURNER, of Torringtomin the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shadelulls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shade-pulls which are to be 'used in connect-ion with windowshades, and which consist of a bar or rod adapted to be suspended from the shade-stick, so as to hang in an approximately horizontal position.

One feature of my invention is applicable only to shade-pulls in which the bar or rod is r 5 suspended from a single eye or suspension device on the shade-stick by means of arms which extend from said single eye or device on the shade-stick to points near the ends of said bar or rod, where they are connected with it; but another feature of the invention is ap plicable, generally, to a shade-pull consisting of abar or rod having points of suspension near opposite ends.

The nature of my invention will be herein- 2 5 after described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a portion of a shade and a shadepull embodying my invention. Fig. 2 repre sents a sectional view of a shade-pull also em- 0 bodying my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Fig. 1, illustrating modifications of my invention; and Fig. 5 represents a portion of a shade pull also embodying one feature of my invention.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures,

A designates the shade. B designates the shade-stick, secured in the edge of the shade in the usual way; and G designates the hori- 0 zontal bar or rod which constitutes the principal element of the shade-pull.

Referring now to Fig. 1, a designates a single eyesecured in the shade-stick B, and from which the bar or rod 0 is suspended by a 5 hanger consisting, essentially, of an eye, 6, and two arms, 15, extending from said eye downward and outward to the bar or rod 0, near opposite ends thereof. As here shown, the said bar or rod Chas eyes 0 near its opposite ends, and the ends of the arms I) are inserted through these eyes and bent or turned over, so as to form a permanent but flexible connection betweenv the arms 6 of the hanger and the bar or rod 0. As here shown, the arms b are straight and diverge toward the 5 5, bar 0; but they may be curved or arched in any graceful shape. The eye I) and arms 11 are made of a single piece of wire bent into proper form.

A bar or rod for a shadepull has been before suspended from a single eye-on the shadesticl; by means of two diverging chains; but such a method of suspension is not so desirable as the wire hanger b I), because, when suspended loosely by chains, the bar or rod (1 6 5 was liable to be turned accidentally into a position nearly at right angles to the shade, and into such position that a blow or force exerted on the end of the bar was liable to drive it through the window-glass. An additional dis- 7o advantage of suspending the bar 0 by chains is that it will generally hang out of line with the shade, and will be unsightly. The breaking of the window-glass is particularly liable to occur where inside shutters are used, as the bar 7 5 or rod by the twisting or yielding of the chains would be brought into such a position that it would be driven through the window by the closing of the shutter. Vhen a rigid hanger,

b b, of wire is used, the eye a prevents the hanger and bar from being turned to such a position as to be unsightly, or so that the bar would be driven through the glass by a blow or force exerted on its end.

It is often desirable toattach a cord to a shade-pull of this character, in order to pull the shade down in case it should fly up out of reach; but if a cord is simply tied around the straight bar (3, it will be liable to slip along to one end thereof, and so cause the bar to be canted when pulled down by the cord, and in any case a cord tied around the bar will appear like a make-shift, and be unsightly. To avoid this I place an eye, (Z, on the under side of the bar, at about the middle of its length 5 and between the points of suspension, which in this instance are the eyes a. When a cord is tied in the eye d the pull will always be exerted at the middle of the bar and opposite the eye a. 1o

. their lower ends.

The bar shown in Fig. 2 consists of a thin tube, in which is inserted a core, f, of wood, and the ends of the arms '1), being inserted through the tube and core, serve to retain the core in place. In this example of the invention the eye (1 consists of an ordinary screweye inserted through the tube and screwed into the wood core f. In lieu of a single long core, f, three short core-pieces may be used one at each endto receive through them the ends of the arms I), and one at the center to receive the screw-eye d. Ornamental tips g may be secured to the ends of the core.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, I substitute for the eye a a clasp or clip, S, and the hanger has its diverging arms I) united by a short straight portion or wrist, b which is held in the clasp or clip S, and the bar O is thus held parallel with the shade-stick B at all times. In this example of my invention the arms I) have their end portions inserted into or through the bar 0, and there secured by solder or riveting.

In the example of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the clasp or clip S, which constitutes the suspension device, has in it a hole, S, and in this case the diverging arms I) are separate from each other, and inserted through thehole S and then extended horizontally. The ends of the arms I) are inserted through or into the bar 0, and secured byslightly riveting their ends, or otherwise. The bar 0 is held against turning by the portion of the arms I) which are extended within the clasp or clip.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have represented eyes (I on the bar 0, intermediate between the points of attachment of the arms 6.

In Fig. 5 I have represented an eye, d, applied to the bar 0, which is suspended by spring hooks or links 71., extending from eyes 0, near opposite ends of the bar, to eyes a in the shade-stick B. In this example of my invention, as in those above described, the points of suspension of the bar 0 are near the ends and the eye (Z is intermediate between them.

WVhen it is not desired to attach a cord to the eye d, any desired ornament may be suspended therefrom.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the bar or rod of a shade-pul1, of a wire hanger having diverging arms connected with the bar or rod near opposite ends thereof, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with the bar or rod of a shade-pull, and a suspension device for attachment to a shade-stick, of wire arms diverging from said suspension device and connected with said bar or rod near opposite ends thereof, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with the bar or rod of a shade-pull, of a wire hanger consisting of an eye, b, and arms 1), extending therefrom and connected with the bar or red near opposite ends thereof, substantially as herein described.

4. The combination, with the bar or rod of a shade-pull, of a wire hanger having diverging arms, the ends of which are inserted into and secured in said bar or rod near opposite ends thereof, substantially as herein described.

5. The combination, with the tubular'bar O, and a core fitting therein, of a wire hanger having diverging arms, the ends of which are inserted into said bar and core near opposite ends of the bar, substantially as herein described.

6. The combination, with the bar or rod of a shade-pull and suspension devices connected therewith near opposite ends, of an eye, d, attached to said bar or rod between its two points of suspension, substantially as herein described.

7. The combination, with the bar or rod of ashade-pull, of a wire hanger having diverging arms connected with the bar or rod near opposite ends, and the-eye d, attached to the bar or red between the points of connection of the arms, substantially as herein described.

LUTHER TURNER.-

\Vitnesses: I

O. HALL, FRANK L. PALMER. 

